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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596k)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596j)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596i)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596h)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596d)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596f)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596e)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596a)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596g)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596c)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Postmen to be issued with 'Posting Pegs' to avoid getting their fingers bitten by dogs, Britain - 17 Sep 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Mikael Buck / Rex Features (1448596b)
'Posting Pegs' To Foil Dogs With A Taste For Postmen
Postmen are to be issued with a new gadget that aims to prevent their fingers being bitten by overeager dogs.
'Posting Pegs' are 8in long, flat plastic tweezers that allow postmen to keep their fingers well out of the way when posting a letter.
They simply insert the letter into the peg before pushing it through the letterbox.
A simple twist of the stick then allows the letter to be dropped, with the postman never having to expose their fingers to potential attack.
It is hoped that arming Britain's 70,000 postmen and women with the implements will reduce the 5,000 dog attacks they suffer each year.
The Royal Mail has now started offering the pegs to all of its staff and they are provided upon request.
However, according to Dave Joyce, national health and safety officer for the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), many Royal mail employees are not even aware of the existence of the pegs.
He is calling for a campaign to make postmen and women more aware of the devices, as well as calling on households with aggressive dogs to fit letterbox cages.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Mikael Buck / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VCNNKGZSB (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Slumdog posties
Mr B.S Jaiswar, Postmaster of Dharavi Post Office. He has been in post for two and a half years of a 4 year tenure. This is his first 'command' of a delivery office though he worked in a lesser position in one in Mumbai Central East district. By comparison this area has many more challenges. He says 'If you think of the Dharavi postmen in terms of the armed forces then they are the Special Forces, the elite commando's who tackle the most difficult work in the most challenging conditions. Even the police come to them if they need to trace an address in Dharavi. They have to work harder than any other postmen'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
13 of the 20 Dharavi postmen and the Postmaster Mr B.S Jaiswar (6th from left) outside the Dharavi Post Office. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Postmen in the Dharavi Post Office share a joke.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) descends steep iron stairs while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) poses for a picture with a view of the Dharavi slums in which he works in the background. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32, left) enquires about an address while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) delivers to a Jewellers shop on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) bangs on a door while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
A postman's delivery bag weighs around 10 kilos when he leaves the Dharavi office and he could have up to 300 ordinary letters to deliver along with registered letters, money orders, value payable items, insured letters, electronic money orders and parcels. Postmen manage the feat of delivering all this in around 6 hours. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) chats with a man while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) poses for a picture with a view of the Dharavi slums in which he works in the background. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
A view over the rooftops of the Dharavi slums.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
A view over the rooftops of the Dharavi slums.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) squeezes past a water drum in a narrow alley while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Madhukar Budhe (32) delivers a letter to a man in a high-rise building on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) walks over wooden scrap and past cows while delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
An example of a poorly addressed letter that will pose a challenge to the postmen of Dharavi. Despite the challenges 90% or ordinary letters are eventually delivered to the correct person. 'Kumbharwada' on the letter means the area of potters, so the postman will head to that area and begin asking for the addressee. But the road of the potters is 1.5 km long and is covered by 4 different postmen's beats, so if one postmen fails to find it on his beat he will hand it onto another the next day who will try to deliver it and so on until the letter either reaches the addressee or the letter is returned to the RLO (Returned Letter Office).
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Madhukar Budhe (32) delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the relatively recent additions to the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 3 years and has been on beat number 4 for one year and does not completely know it yet, he estimates it will take another 6 months. Madhukar's rank is "Leave Reserve Postman' which is a sort of probationary position which last for 5 years after which he will be known simply as a postman.
'Working in Dharavi is twice as hard as my last posting where I used to deliver around 500 ordinary letters in half the time it takes me to deliver 300 in Dharavi'
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) enquires at a house for an addressee while out delivering post in Dharavi. Trying to find addressees is one of the most time consuming parts of the job. Chandrakant is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) hands a letter up to a man in a very dark alleyway, even during full daylight the houses are packed so tightly together that sunlight hardly penetrates between them. Dalvi is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5.
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office sorts mail as he looks out over a view of the Dharavi slum that he knows intimately. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a dimly lit alley while out delivering post in Dharavi. Even during full daylight the houses are packed so tightly together that sunlight hardly penetrates between them. Dalvi is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Slumdog posties
A girl accepts a letter from Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a congested alley while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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View of a polluted river with apartment blocks behind in Dharavi slum.
The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks over exposed water pipes - one of the many hazards for postmen out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A view out over the Dharavi slum.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks between high-rise blocks while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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15th September 2010, Mumbai, India. Chandrakant Dalvi (50) out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) walks through a narrow alley while delivering post in Dharavi. When it rains these alleys are too narrow for an umbrella so postmen get regular drenchings. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Chandrakant Dalvi (50) delivers a to-be-signed-for item to a lady while out delivering post in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 27 years and has been on beat number 8 for the last 5. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Postmen sort their post into the order in which they will deliver it on their beats.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for
Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Postman number 2A's registered post delivery remarks sheet for a given day.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A multi-story slum building in Dharavi.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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Close-up of a Dharavi stamp.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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A lady from an upstairs flat stands on her staircase to accept a to be signed for item from postman Sanjivan Thanaji Nadkar (48) out delivering post on his beat in Dharavi. He is one of the veteran postmen at the Dharavi post office. He has been working there for 28 years and has been on beat number 9A for the last 5. He knows 5 other beats very well too.The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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The customer counter viewed from inside at Dharavi Post Office, Sahunagar, Dharavi. The Dharavi Post office is the sole delivery office for Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums housing somewhere between 600, 000 and a million or more people in a packed area of .67 square miles. The 20 postmen attached to the office go out in two shifts: 10 postmen in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, on individual beats that they know intimately. Such is the complexity of Dharavi's maze-like lanes that it takes a postman 6 months to learn the basics of his beat and up to 2 years to fully master it. The challenges are unique in Dharavi where many dwellings have no numbers and addresses are often simply the addressee's name followed by just 'Dharavi'. The postmen walk around 8 kilometres (nearly 5 miles) on a shift and much of that is difficult, hazardous walking over water pipes, broken paving, open sewers and up and down narrow unsafe stairs.
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